Homeless and Health Data Sharing: Why and How Communities Are Sharing Data to Improve Outcomes for People Experiencing Homelessness
This Homeless and Health Data Sharing toolkit, originally published on the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Exchange in 2021, contains practical guidance to sharing data across Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) and different types of health data, such as hospital data and Medicaid. It includes the steps communities can take to get started and several examples of how communities have accomplished data sharing.
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